October: Ten Days that Shook the World
Date: 1928
Director: Sergei Eisenstein,
Production Company: Sovkino
Stars: Boris Livanov, Vladimir Popoff, Vasili Nicandrov
Location(s): St Petersburg or Petrograd, the same place.
Region(s): Rest Of The World
Storyline:
The October Revolution in 1917 in Russia.
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Bridge over the River Neva, St Petersburg. In fact Trinity Bridge (Troitsky Most) with the top of the monument to Field-Marshall Alexander Suvorov. Speedily identified by Neil Harvey. (www.nevsky-prospekt.com)
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Same as 005? Yes says Neil, Part of the Admiralty (see photos http://www.nevsky-prospekt.com/admiralty.html)
Photo by Neil, but he really didn't need to hire an aeroplane! But I'm glad he did.
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One of the bridges over the Neva, from the north side. Trinity Bridge, says Neil.
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Was this Lenin's house, I seem to recall? Neil says, "The mansion house that Lenin lived in for a while after the Bolsheviks requisitioned it from the ballerina Mathilda Kschessinskaya".
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Could this be one of the Ministry buildings along the Neva? See 002. Neil believes it is part of the Admiralty building.
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Nevsky and ? Looking down from the rooftops of Nevsky building to the corner of Sadovaya Ullitsa, advises Neil
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Landing steps, Neva? Neva Embankment steps, not sure which, admits Neil
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Nevsky Prospect, St Petersburg "High Street". Neil agrees, with clarification: Looking across Nevsky Pr to the Imperial Public Library (as it was called then)
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A bridge with the Peter and Paul fortress in background? Neil suggests; This looks like Palace Bridge with the Admiralty in the background. So, Admiralty on the left behind the carriage. Peter and Paul, the spire on the right?
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A bridge, Peter and Paul fortress in background? Palace Bridge, towards Admiralty quay. Neil Harvey.
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Is this the Military Acadamy? No says Neil, The Kunstkamera Museum (commissioned by Peter the Great & opened in 1734) Neil has many photos of St Petersburg on his excellent site www.nevsky-prospekt.com
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The bascule brige, from 014? Neil suggests; This looks to be under Palace Bridge towards University Quay
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A pharoe's statue, near one of the bridges. Neil kindly corrects; One of the two Sphinx monuments outside the Bureux of Arts facing the Neva.
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Drawbridge, Neva with the same statue as 001? No corrects Neil; View from the Winpal roof showing one of the roof mounted statues, believed to be Mercury
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Swing bridge over the Neva. Neil; Believed to be what was then the Nicolaevsky Bridge (later Lt. Smidt Bridge) & a long destroyed chapel.
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The Winter Palace, now the site of the Hermitage Collection. Neil sharpens the view: Looking out of the Winter Palace gates across Palace Square towards the building of the General Staff.
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Similar view, same domed building and the Alexander monument. No glue, no mortar, just gravity, and erected by squads of blue-jackets.
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The monument again.
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Neil; Underneath the Arch of the General Staff building Yes, and on the Nevsky side of the building is a WWII notice advising pedestrians, in the event of German artillery bombardment, to cross to the other side, the safer side, of the street.
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Gates of the Winter Palace, a set.
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Domes of the curiously named Church on the Spilled Blood.
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Identified by Neil, St Petersburg Mosque.
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Part of the Smolny Institute front facade, Neil confirmed my guess.
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Smolney again. The small pitched-rooved building or portico in the mid-ground bears the legends "Workers rise up! You have nothing to lose but your chains", and "Religion is the opium of the masses". The "drums" on the right may well be the turrets of armoured cars.
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Neva River and the Cruiser Aurora (Avrora) from which the shot was fired to signal the attack on the Winter Palace. Neil Harvey.
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A few minutes later. Let the revolution commence!